THE QUICK (OLD TITLE: THE OLD WORLD)
Book ID/图书代码： 11701211B45755
English Summary/英文概要： THE QUICK is an astonishing debut novel of epic scope and suspense that conjures all the magic and menace of Victorian London.
James Norbury comes to the city to seek his fortune, with ideas of a bright future as playwright and poet. But before long he is taken against his will by a powerful and sinister organisation - the Aegolius Club - who have different and altogether darker plans in mind for him. Snatched from the street one night in a case of mistaken identity, it falls to his protective and resourceful sister Charlotte to find James and rescue him from his fate. Though she acquires useful allies along the way, their adversaries are fearsome and Charlotte soon finds herself far out of her depth in a dangerous underworld she never knew existed. But Charlotte cannot fail her brother when life and death are at stake.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《快速》是一部非常惊人的处女作小说，它有着史诗般的框架，并且融合了维多利亚伦敦期间所有魔幻和恐怖的元素。
詹姆斯•诺贝拉怀揣着成为一名优秀的剧作家和诗人的理想来到了伦敦发展。但不久后，他受到了一个强大邪恶组织的控制而被迫放弃了理想。这个组织名为安吉利斯俱乐部，有着与众不同、不可告人的计划。詹姆斯聪慧的姐姐夏洛特肩负了将他拯救出来的使命。虽然夏洛特拥有精锐的部队，但他们的敌人太过强大，她马上就察觉到了自己身处巨大的危险之中，这个黑暗的地下王国是她从未了解的。虽然死亡逼近，但夏洛特绝不会放弃自己的弟弟。(XAT)
Awards/获奖情况：“一部跌宕起伏的小说，当你刚觉得可以松口气的时候，紧张的情节又令你欲罢不能。这部小说如此精彩让人难以相信这居然是作者第一次写小说。”——希拉里•曼托
“一部非常吸引人的小说，这种哥特式的叙事手法令人爱不释手。”——凯特•阿特斯逊
“A sly and glittering addition to the literature of the macabre...As soon as you have breathed with relief, much worse horrors begin. It’s a skilled, assured performance, and hard to believe it is a first novel.” Hilary Mantel
“A suspenseful, gloriously atmospheric first novel, and a feast of gothic storytelling that is impossible to resist.” Kate Atkinson
About the Author/作者介绍： 劳拉•欧文拥有丽兹大学维多利亚文学专业硕士学位，之后又攻读了希尔达学院的英国文学专业。她之后于2008年又学习了东安吉利亚大学的创意写作专业，于2008年硕士毕业。劳拉于2009年获得了柯蒂斯•布朗奖项。劳拉现正在达拉谟大学攻读哥特式文学博士学位，并开始《高速》的续集写作。Lauren Owen read English Literature at St. Hilda’s College, Oxford, before completing an MA in Victorian Literature at the University of Leeds. She subsequently studied at the University of East Anglia, graduating with an MA in Creative Writing in 2008. She won the Curtis Brown prize in 2009. Lauren is currently completing a PhD in fin-de-siècle Gothic literature at Durham University and working on a sequel to THE QUICK.
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Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE
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Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：UK: Cape (pub April 2014); USA: Dial/Random House: Canada: McClelland & Stewart; Italy: Fazi
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